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EXHIBITION OF NAVAL AND 

OTHER PRINTS, PORTRAITS 

AND BOOKS RELATING 

TO THE WAR OF 1812 



November 7th to 2 3D, 191 2 




THE GROLIER CLUB 

29 EAST THIRTY-SECOND STREET 







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HAND-LIST OF AN EXHIBITION OF NAVAL 
AND OTHER PRINTS, PORTRAITS AND 
BOOKS RELATING TO THE WAR OF 1812, 
AT THE GROLIER CLUB, TWENTY-NINE 
EAST THIRTY-SECOND STREET, FROM 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, TO SATUR- 
DAY, NOVEMBER 23d, 1912 



PAINTINGS 
BY THOMAS BIRCH 



A. Constitution and Guerriere. 

B. Wasp and Frolic. 

C. United States and Macedonian. 



ENGRAVINGS 



1 President and Little Belt, May nth 191 1. Col- 
ored. By Hassell after Cartwright. 

2 Gipsey Schooner New York and Hermese and 
Belle Poule, April 30th 1812. Colored. By 
Rosenberg after Huggins. 



3 Constitution and Guerriere, Aug. 19th 1812. 
By Freeman. 

4 By Seymour. 

5 By Strickland. 

6 By Tanner after Barralet. 2 Prints. 

7 By Tiebout after Birch. 

8 Colored. Pub. by Vecchis, New York. 

9 Lith. by Currier. 

10 Lith. by Weingartner. 

11 Rossie and Princess Amelia, Sept. i6th 1812. 
Lith. by Weingartner. 

12 Wasp and Frolic, Oct. i8th 1812. Colored. By 
Baugean. 

13 By Seymour after Barralet. 

14 By Seymour after Birch. 

15 By Kearny after Claxton. 

16 United States and Macedonian, Oct. 30th 1812. 
By Seymour after Barralet. 

17 By Tanner after Birch. 

18 Aquatint. 

19 Lith. by Currier. 

20 Saratoga and Rachel, Dec. 15th 1812. Lith. by 
Weingartner. 

21 Constitution and Java, Dec. 29th 1812. By 
Baugean. 

22 Colored. By Coqueret after Garnerary. 

23 Colored. By Havell after Buchanan. 

4 Prints. 



24 Lith. by Currier. 

25 Shannon and the Chesapeake, June ist 1813. 
Colored. By Bailey after Whitcombe. 

26 Colored. By Dubourg after Heath. 

2y Colored. Lith. by Haghe after Schetky. 

Designed by King. 4 Prints. 

28 Colored. By Jeakes after Webster, 

Whitcombe and Lee. 3 Prints. 

29 Colored. Pub. by Knight. 

30 Broadside. Poem with woodcut. 

31 Decatur and Dominica, Aug. 5th 1813. Lith. 
by Weingartner. 

^2 Capture of the Argus, Aug. 14th 1813. Col- 
ored. By Sutherland after Whitcombe. 

33 Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, Sept. lOth 181 3. 
By Fairman after Sully and Kearny. With 
Key. 

34 By Lawson after Birch. 

35 By Tanner after Barralet. 

36 By Tiebout and Murray after Sully and 

Kearny. 

37 Unfinished Plate. 

38 Colored. Lith. by BailHe. 

39 Colored. Lith. by Queen after Evans. 

40 Colored. Lith. by Wagner after Evans. 

41 View surrounded by Portraits. Col- 
ored. Lith. by Currier. 

41a. Same proof. 

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42 Peacock and L'Emperior, April 29th, 1814. By 
Hamlin. 

43 Grand Turk and Hinchinbrook, May ist 1814. 
Colored. By Baily after Pocock. 

44 Attack on Fort Oswego, May 6th 1814. Col- 
ored. By Havell after Hewett. 2 Prints. 

45 By Strickland. 

46 McDonough's Victory on Lake Champlain, 
Sept. nth 1814. Colored. By Strickland. 

47 By Tanner after Reinagle. 

48 View surrounded by Portraits. Col- 
ored. Lith. by Currier. 

49 Colored. Lith. by Currier. 

50 Colored. Lith. by Currier. (Later.) 

51 Colored. Lith. by Queen. 

52 Bombardment of Fort McHenry, Sept. 13th 
1814. By Bower. 

53 General Armstrong and Plantagenet, Rota and 
Carnation, Oct. 26th 1814. Colored. Lith. by 
Currier. 

54 Endymion and President, Jany. 15th 1815. 
Colored. By Hill. 

55 Colored. By Jeakes after Buttersworth. 

2 Prints. 

56 Sprigs of Laurel. 9 Views of Naval Actions 
headed by Perry's Victory. Colored. By 
Strickland. 

57 Frigate Constitution. Partly colored. By 
Bowen after Lynn. 



58 Colored. Lith. by Newsam after Evans. 

2 Prints. 

59 Frigate President. 

60 Bainbridge Squadron. By Smith after Fan- 
ning. 



6i Defeat of the American Army Oct. 13th 1812. 
(Queenstown Heights.) Pub. by G. Thomp- 
son, London. 

62 Battle of the Thames, Oct. 5th 1813. Colored. 
Lith. by Dorival after Clay. 

63 Attack on Fort Erie, Aug. 15th 1814. Lith. by 
Childs. 

64 Colored. Lith. by Queen after E. C. W. 

65 Battle of Patapsco Neck, Sept. 12th 1814. 
Colored. 

66 Battle of North Point, Sept. 12th 1814. Col- 
ored. Lith. by Endicott and Swett after 
Ruckle. 

6y Capture of Washington, from Rapin's History 
of England. 

68 Battle of New Orleans, Jany. 8th 1815. By 
Scacki. 

69 Colored. By Steel after Seymour. 

70 Colored. By Yeager after West. 

71 Lith. by Hof ty after Ladotte. 

"^2 Massacre at Dartmoor Prison, April 6th 181 5. 
By Smith after Carnes. 



PORTRAITS 

73 Armstrong, John. By Coqueret after Vander- 
lyn. 

74 Bainbridge, William. By Delleker. 

75 By Edwin after Stuart. 

76 By Maverick after Jarvis. 

yy Colored. By Wellstood after Chappel. 

78 Barney, Joshua. By Childs after Wood. 

79 Chauncey, Isaac. By Delleker. 

80 By Edwin after Wood. 

81 Decatur, Stephen. By Edwin after Birch. 

82 By Meyer after Jarvis. 

83 Harrison, William Henry. By Sartain after 
Lambdin. 

84 Hull, Isaac. Ascribed to Graham after Stuart. 

85 Aquatint by Strickland. 

86 Jackson, Andrew. By Durand after Vander- 
lyn. 

87 By Maverick after Waldo. 

88 Aquatint by Strickland. 

89 Jones, Jacob. By Delleker. 

90 Lawrence, James. By Edwin after Stuart. 
pi Aquatint by Strickland. 

92 McDonough, Thomas. By Delleker. 

93 Colored. By Gimbrede. 

94 Another copy. 

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95 Madison, James. By Edwin after Stuart. 

96 — By Edwin after Sully. 

97 Perry, Oliver H. ''Hero of the Lake." By 
Delleker. 

98 By Edwin after Waldo. 

99 By Edwin after Waldo. 

100 By Gimbrede. 

loi By Gimbrede. 

102 By Meyer after Jarvis. 

103 Pike, Zebulon M. Colored. By Kennedy. 

104 Death of General Pike at Lower York. 

105 Porter, David. By Edwin after Wood. 

106 Scott, Winfield. By Gimbrede. 

107 Colored. Lith. by Duval. 

108 Paris, Bance. 



CARICATURES 
BY WILLIAM CHARLES 

109 Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians. 

1 10 John Bull making a new Batch of Ships to send 
to the Lakes. 

111 John Bull and the Baltimoreans. 

112 John Bull before New Orleans. Partly colored. 

113 The Cock Fight. 

114 John Bull stung to Agony by Insects. Colored. 

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115 Queen Charlotte and Johnny Bull got their 
dose of Perry. Colored. 

ii6 A Boxing Match. Colored, 

117 Bruin become Mediator. 

118 A Scene on the Frontier. Colored. 

119 The Cat let out of the Bag. 

120 The Tory Editor and his Apes. (Second state 
of "The Cat let out of the Bag.") 

121 The Hartford Convention. 



122 The Fall of Washington. Colored. Pub. by S. 
N. Fores, London. 



BOOKS 

123 American Mariners, with Naval Annals. Salis- 
bury (1822). 

124 American Naval Battles. Boston, 1837. 

125 American Naval and Patriotic Songster. 
Balto., 1 83 1. 

126 (Andrews, Charles.) The Prisoners' Memoirs 
of Dartmoor Prison. New York, 181 5. 

126a. Another. New York, 1852. 

127 Atherton, Wm. Narrative of the Suffering 
and Defeat of the North-Western Army. 
Frankfort, 1842. 

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128 Badger, Barber. The Naval Temple. Boston, 
1816. 

129 Bailey, Isaac. American Naval Biography. 
Providence, 181 5. 

130 Barbarities of the Enemy Exposed. Worcester, 
1814. 

131 Lexington, Ky., 1814. 

132 Barron, James, Proceeding of the Court Mar- 
tial for Trial of. Boston, 1822. 

133 Another copy, with autograph authori- 
zation by James Monroe for its publication. 

134 Battle of Plattsburgh. A Poem. Montpelier, 
1819. 

135 Bowen, Abel. The Naval Monument. Boston, 
1816. 

136 Brannan, John. Official Letters of Military 
and Naval Officers. Wash,, 1823. 

137 Brewer, Lucy, Adventures of. Boston, 1815. 

138 Boston, 1817. 

139 New York, n. d. 

140 The Awful Beacon to the Rising Gen- 
eration. Boston, 1816. 

141 Brown, Samuel R. Authentic History of the 
Second War for Independence. 2 vols. Au- 
burn, 1815. 

142 Views on Lake Erie. Troy, 1814. 

143 Brown and Hathaway. American Naval Gal- 
lantry. Auburn, 181 5. 

144 Burgess, Tristram. Battle of Lake Erie. Bos- 
ton, 1839. 

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145 Butler, James. American Bravery Displayed. 
Carlisle, 1816. 

146 Carey, Matthew. The Olive Branch. Boston, 
1815. 

147 An Answer to ''The Olive Branch." 

(1816.) 

148 Christie, Robert. Military and Naval Opera- 
tions in the Canadas. Quebec, 1818. 

149 Claiborne, Nathl. H. Notes on the War in the 
South. Richmond, 1819. 

150 Clark, Thomas. Sketches of the Naval His- 
tory of the United States. Phila., 1813. 

151 Naval History of the United States. 

Second edition. 2 vols. Phila., 1814. 

152 Cobbett, Wm. The Pride of Britannia Hum- 
bled. Phila., 181 5. 

153 Columbia's Naval Triumphs. New York, 181 3. 

154 Columbian Naval Melody. Boston, 181 3. 

155 Complete List of the American Navy. Boston, 
1813. 

156 Cooper, James Fenimore. The Battle of Lake 
Erie. Cooperstown, 1843. 

157 Court of Neptune, with Other Poems. New 
York, 1817. 

158 Davis, Paris M. Authentic History of the Late 
War. Ithaca, 1829. 

159 Decatur, Stephen, Life of, by S. Putnam 
Waldo. Hartford, 1821. 

160 Second edition. Middletown, 1822. 

161 Sketch of the Life of. n. d. 

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i62 Durand, James P., Life and Adventures of. 
Rochester, 1820. 

163 Folsom, Benj. Biographical Sketches of Offi- 
cers of the American Navy. Newburyport, 
1814. 

164 Gilleland, J. C. History of the Late War. 
Balto., 1817. 

165 Gillespy, Edward. The Columbian Naval 
Songster. New York, 1813. 

166 Hartford Convention. Proceedings. Hart- 
ford, 1815. 

167 History of the American War of 1812. Phila., 
1816. 

168 Hull, Wm. Memoirs of the Campaign of the 
North- Western Army. Boston, 1824. 

169 Report of the Trial of, by Court Mar- 
tial. New York, 1814. 

170 Defense of, before the General Court 

Martial. Boston, 1814. 

171 Hunt, Gilbert J. The Late War. New York, 
1816. 

172 The Historical Reader, containing the 

Late War. New York, 181 7. 

173 James, William. Account of the Naval Occur- 
rences of the Late War. London, 18 17. 

174 Inquiry into the Merits of the Principal 

Naval Actions. Halifax, 1818. 

175 Judicious Collection of Naval Songs. Warren, 
R. L, 1814. 

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176 Latour, A. La C. Historical Memoir of the 
War in West Florida and Louisiana. Phila., 
1816. 

177 Lawrence, James, Biography of (by Washing- 
ton Irving). New Brunswick, 1813. 

178 Letter from Sec'y of the Navy, Dec. 27th 1813 
(Perry's Victory). Wash., 1813. 

179 (M'Afee, Robert B.) History of the Late War 
in the Western Country. Lexington, Ky., 
1816. 

180 Melish, John. Description of Dartmoor Prison. 
Phila., 1815. 

181 Message from the President on Failure of 
Arms on the Northern Frontier. Albany, 18 14. 

182 Naval Biography with Life of General Pike. 
Cincinnati, 1815. 

183 (O'Connor, Thos.) Impartial and Correct His- 
tory of the War. New York. 181 6. 

184 Another. New York, 1817. 

185 Penny, Joshua, Life and Adventures of. New 
York, 1815. 

186 Perry, Oliver H., The Life of, by John M. 
Niles. Hartford, 1820. 

187 Second edition, enlarged. Hartford, 

1821. 

188 Life of, by A. S. Mackenzie. 2 vols. 

New York, 1840. 

189 Porter, David. Journal of a Cruise to the 
Pacific Ocean. 2 vols. Phila., 1815. 

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igo Report on the Manner War has been waged by 
the Enemy. Wash., 1813. 

191 Richardson, Major John. War of 1812, Oper- 
ations of the Canadian Army. (Brockville), 
1842. 

192 (Ripley, Eleazer W.) Facts relative to the 
Campaign on the Niagara in 1814. Boston, 
1815. 

193 The Right and Practice of Impressment. Lon- 
don, 1814. 

194 The Shannon and the Chesapeake. A Poem. 
London, 1813. 

195 The War. A faithful Record. 2 vols. New 
York, 1813-14. 

196 Thomas, R. The Glory of America. New 
York, 1836. 

197 Thomson, John L. Historical Sketches of the 
Late War. Phila., 1816. 

198 Van Rensselaer, Solomon. Narrative of the 
Affair of Queenstown. New York, 1836. 

199 Waldo, S. Putnam. Biographical Sketches of 
American Naval Heroes. Hartford, 1823. 

200 (Waterhouse, Benj.) Journal of a Young 
Man of Mass. who was Captured by the Brit- 
ish. Boston, 1816. 

201 White, Samuel. History of the American 
Troops during the Late War. Balto., 1829. 

202 (WilHams, Samuel.) Sketches of the War. 
Rutland, 1815. 

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203 Wilson, Thomas. Biography of American 
Military and Naval Heroes. 2 vols. New 
York, 1817. 

204 (Winchester, James.) Historical Details of the 
Campaign of the North- Western Army. Lex- 
ington, Ky., 1818. 

205 (Woodworth, Samuel.) Heroes of the Lake. 
A Poem. New York, 1814. 



206 National and Regimental Flags of the Fourth 
U. S. Infantry, captured at Detroit. Copied in 
water color from the originals now at Chelsea 
Hospital, London. 

207 Regimental Colors of the 2d Infantry, captured 
at Fort Bowyer. Copied in water color from 
the original now at Chelsea Hospital, London. 

208 Powder Horn. Perry's Victory. 

209 Sackett's Harbor. 

210 With portrait of McDonough. 

211 Bedspread formerly the property of Commo- 
dore Hull. Decorated with American em- 
blematic designs — Washington and Franklin. 
Printed in brown. 



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